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Everything to keep on hand to make every drink on the list, from the bottles to the garnishes.
To make all 46 drinks on the list, keep these 75 things around. Each one lists the bottles I use and every drink that calls for it. A syrup you make yourself counts when you have what it's made from, so honey covers honey syrup and sugar covers simple syrup.
Check off what you have, and this counts the drinks you can make.
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Spirits 17
Beefeater, The Botanist, Bombay Sapphire, Hendrick’s
16 drinks
- Bee’s Knees
- Coral Collins
- Corpse Reviver #2
- Corpse Reviver #2, KP Style
- Corpse Reviver #4
- Cranberry Gin and Tonic
- Cucumber Collins
- Elderflower and Lemon Gin and Tonic
- French 75
- French 75(in a variation)
- French Martini
- Ginger Gentleman
- Rosemary Gin Fizz
- Vesper Martini, Classic
- Vesper Martini, Three Equal Parts
- Vesper’s Green Thumb
- Vespers at Night
Tito’s, Grey Goose
Don Q Coco, Malibu
5 drinks
- Blue Hawaiian Martini
- Blue Hawaiian Martini(in a variation)
- Chata Colada
- Coconut Sin
- Coconut Sin(in a variation)
- Hpnotiq Martini, Beach Variation
- Piña Double Colada
An authentic absinthe or Herbsaint. Not Pernod, for a Sazerac.
Bulleit Rye, WhistlePig, Sazerac Rye (the 6-year from Buffalo Trace)
2 drinks
Kept in the freezer and poured below freezing. It has to be Russian for the Vilnius Mule.
2 drinks
1 drink
Grey Goose Le Citron
1 drink
1 drink
Smirnoff Cranberry, Deep Eddy Cranberry
Seasonal.
1 drink
Effen Cucumber
1 drink
1 drink
Don Julio Reposado
1 drink
1 drink
- Root Beer Highball(or the other)
1 drink
- Coconut Sin(in a variation)
Belvedere Wild Berry
1 drink
Liqueurs 12
Elderflower liqueur.
1 drink
1 drink
Mentzendorff Kümmel
1 drink
1 drink
1 drink
1 drink
1 drink
Aperitifs and vermouth 6
1 drink
1 drink
1 drink
Wine and bubbles 2
Moët & Chandon Nectar Impérial
3 drinks
- Caramel Apple Cider Martini
- Cranberry Mimosa
- French 75
- French 75(in a variation)
2 drinks
Mixers 5
Club soda works the same.
Fever-Tree
1 drink
- Chilton(or the other)
1 drink
Juice 4
For the mule, use cranberry juice, not cranberry juice cocktail.
Fresh, for the colada.
2 drinks
- Blue Hawaiian Martini
- Blue Hawaiian Martini(in a variation)
- Piña Double Colada
2 drinks
1 drink
Fresh fruit and herbs 9
For juice, twists, and wedges.
15 drinks
- Bee’s Knees
- Bee’s Knees(garnish)
- Chilton
- Corpse Reviver #2
- Corpse Reviver #2, KP Style
- Corpse Reviver #4
- Cranberry Germaine
- Elderflower and Lemon Gin and Tonic
- French 75
- French 75(garnish)
- French 75(in a variation)
- Paper Airplane
- Raspberry Lemon Drop Martini
- Raspberry Lemon Drop Martini(garnish)
- Rosemary Gin Fizz
- Sazerac(garnish)
- Tovarich
- Vesper Martini, Classic(garnish)
- Wild Orchid
For juice and wedges.
For juice, peels, slices, and wedges. The Coconut Sin calls for cold-pressed juice.
5 drinks
- Alabama Slammer
- Alabama Slammer(garnish)
- Amaretto Stone Sour
- Aperol Spritz(garnish)
- Coconut Sin
- Coconut Sin(in a variation)
- Lake House Old Fashioned(garnish)
Keep the jar’s syrup; the Old Fashioned uses a few drops.
2 drinks
- French 75(garnish)
- Lake House Old Fashioned
- Lake House Old Fashioned(optional)
2 drinks
Fresh or frozen, for garnish.
1 drink
- Cranberry Gin and Tonic(garnish)
1 drink
- Hugo Spritz
- Hugo Spritz(garnish)
1 drink
1 drink
Syrups and sweeteners 9
Central Market Margarita Mix
My pick is the margarita mix from Central Market.
Make it: Stir equal parts sugar and hot water until the sugar dissolves. Keeps about a month in the fridge.
Coco Real
2 drinks
Rose’s
Bottled and sweetened. Fresh lime can curdle RumChata.
1 drink
1 drink
- Blue Hawaiian Martini(in a variation)
Make it: Equal parts honey and water, warmed just until you can stir the honey in completely.
1 drink
Make it: Half a cup of water, a quarter cup of maple syrup, and two or three drops of vanilla extract.
1 drink
Make it: Two parts sugar to one part water, stirred over low heat until clear.
1 drink
Bitters 3
Pantry 8
2 drinks
- Caramel Apple Cider Martini(garnish)
- Raspberry Lemon Drop Martini(garnish)
1 drink
- Caramel Apple Cider Martini(garnish)
1 drink
1 drink
- Caramel Apple Cider Martini(garnish)
1 drink
1 drink
1 drink
1 drink